February 1998 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1998.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on February 1998: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1998?

Events

01 Feb 1998 Street Corner Symphony, closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances
02 Feb 1998 Daniel Baldwin hospitalized in NYC for cocaine overdose
03 Feb 1998 Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps
04 Feb 1998 An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
05 Feb 1998 Alberto Acciarito convicted of harassing his ex-wife Ingrid Rossellini
06 Feb 1998 Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
07 Feb 1998 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano Japan
08 Feb 1998 NHL stops season until February 24th to accommodate the Olympics.
09 Feb 1998 6th annual ESPY Awards
10 Feb 1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
11 Feb 1998 Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997" auctioned for $442,500.
12 Feb 1998 Freak, opens at Cort Theater, New York City
14 Feb 1998 An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaounde, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil drops a lit cigarette, creating a massive explosion which kills 120.
15 Feb 1998 Daytona 500 race
16 Feb 1998 Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million.
17 Feb 1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
18 Feb 1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter ("Funny Girl"), commits suicide at age 76.
19 Feb 1998 Soyuz TM-26 lands
20 Feb 1998 UN Secretary General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations
21 Feb 1998 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
22 Feb 1998 King & I, closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 781 performances
23 Feb 1998 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charleston SC on WAVF 96.1 FM
24 Feb 1998 Elton John knighted
25 Feb 1998 40th Grammy Awards
26 Feb 1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4 minutes 9 seconds).
27 Feb 1998 14th Soap Opera Digest Awards
28 Feb 1998 View From the Bridge, closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
02 Feb 1998 Cebu Pacific Flight 387 crashes into Mount Sumagaya in the Philippines, killing all 104 people on board.